LACC1 bridges NOS2 and polyamine metabolism in inflammatory macrophages
Wei Z, Oh J, Flavell RA, Crawford JM. LACC1 bridges NOS2 and polyamine metabolism in inflammatory macrophages. Nature 2022, 609: 348-353. PMID: 35978195, PMCID: PMC9813773, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05111-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseWild-type activityCentral regulatory roleMammalian immune systemBone marrow-derived macrophagesInflammatory macrophagesBiochemical functionsBowel diseaseSignaling outcomesMarrow-derived macrophagesPattern recognition receptorsInflammatory diseasesBiochemical roleRegulatory roleMechanistic connectionUnidentified pathwaySalmonella enterica TyphimuriumNitric oxide synthaseRecognition receptorsHost damageHuman inflammatory diseasesMultiple inflammatory diseasesEnterica TyphimuriumOrnithine decarboxylaseLACC1Mouse pulmonary interstitial macrophages mediate the pro-tumorigenic effects of IL-9
Fu Y, Pajulas A, Wang J, Zhou B, Cannon A, Cheung CCL, Zhang J, Zhou H, Fisher AJ, Omstead DT, Khan S, Han L, Renauld JC, Paczesny S, Gao H, Liu Y, Yang L, Tighe RM, Licona-Limón P, Flavell RA, Takatsuka S, Kitamura D, Sun J, Bilgicer B, Sears CR, Yang K, Kaplan MH. Mouse pulmonary interstitial macrophages mediate the pro-tumorigenic effects of IL-9. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3811. PMID: 35778404, PMCID: PMC9249769, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31596-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung tumor growthIL-9Tumor growthAdoptive cell transfer therapyPulmonary interstitial macrophagesPotent anti-tumor activityLung cancer patientsCell transfer therapyLung tumor modelLung cancer therapyMultiple mouse modelsPotential therapeutic targetIL-9 signalingAnti-tumor activityPro-tumorigenic effectsAdoptive transferMacrophage axisPoor outcomePoor prognosisCancer patientsLung cancerArginase-1Interstitial macrophagesIL-9RInterstitial macrophage population